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August 17, 2011, 9:38PM

No more confusion, that's the hope of Paul Legendre, left, signal repairman for the city's department of streets, and assistant city traffic engineer John F. Exxnicios as they install signs on Canal Street in September, 1963, with arrows pointing to St. Charles Avenue, Uptown, and Royal Street, downtown. Similar signs are being installed from Canal and Magazine to Canal and...

July 21, 2011, 6:41PM

July 21, 2011, 6:41PM

In 1995, New Orleans City Councilman Troy Carter helps with the installation of the first 'Historic District' street sign in the Faubourg Marigny. The street signs, about 400 when completed, identify this historic area of the city. The Faubourg Marigny was the first residential area, after the French Quarter, settled in New Orleans.

July 21, 2011, 6:41PM

This map from 1816 shows street names in the Vieux Carre, many of them referring to French royalty. Customhouse is now called Iberville after French explorer Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, and Hospital has been renamed for Louisiana Gov. Francis Nicholls. Courtesy of University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection

June 15, 2011, 3:22PM

Our problem was featured in your paper May 16, 2011. Public Works has been tearing out Urquhart Street from Franklin Ave, to Elysian Fields Ave since early this year in order to replace underground pipes. The project has entered phase two now-- this means the street is sitting, stripped down to loose sand, waiting for attention while the crew completes... Full story »

December 12, 2009, 7:42PM

July 15, 2008, 12:23PM

Potholes. The bane of any vehicle's existence. Sometimes, they're so bad you wish you'd taken an alternate route. But there are so many different sizes, shapes and depths of a pothole, especially here in the Crescent City. How do you know which ones will destroy your suspension or make you flip over your handlebars? Welcome to the handy-dandy pothole... Full story »